Elise Blackwell wrote "Hunger", a novel about these botanists, which I thought was well done.
We might need to preserve seeds again due to climate change. Impressive to read about those who literally sacrificed their life during a siege for science and the future of humanity. Thanks for sharing.
There is a wonderful plant bank here in Sydney, Australia. Lots of thick mud walls and other sophistications to outlast weather and similar incidents. https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/our-science/science-facili...
There are multiple national and international initiatives that have been building seed banks for a long time, what do you mean with the again?
Also, there's talk of putting one on the moon.
Don't seed banks need regular refreshing?
Ideally yes but scientists have grown crops from single seeds that are thousands of years old so as long as the facilities passively maintain a low temperature, many of them will be viable for a very long time.
" as long as the facilities passively maintain a low temperature"
And remain dry.
Shouldn’t be a problem on the moon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
After nuclear war I'm going to head there.
I love the fact that [0] is one of the videos you see when you look it up on Google Maps.
Virtual tour of the vault: https://virtualtourcompany.co.uk/GlobalSeedVault/index.html
The food should last quite a while!
It will be heavily guarded.
There is also a more recent one in Syria :"How Seeds from War-Torn Syria Could Help Save American Wheat - May 14, 2018 https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-seeds-from-war-torn-syria... And another take on it here: How Syrians Saved an Ancient Seedbank From Civil War When civil war broke out in Syria, Ahmed Amri immediately thought about seeds. Specifically, 141,000 packets of them sitting in cold storage 19 miles south of Aleppo. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/syrians-saved-ancient-seedbank...
Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson also did an episode on this:
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We really need a civilization changing event to rethink some stuff.
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What kind of cabbage is that? I mean look at their size.
see: Lysenkoism
Trying to do science in the soviet union certainly provided plenty of unrequested opportunities to become a hero, thats for sure.
I doubt you will ever understand what the siege was really like, while you are making fun of it. Is it really that fun?
Can't pass that lying dog without kicking?